Saturday, 31 December 2016

NAPIER BRIDGE AND COOUM RIVER MOUTH WHERE JOINS WITH BAY OF BENGAL. – THE COOUM – a Cultural mapping – A HERITAGE WALK

31st
December 2016

The
Bridge was constructed by Francis Napier in 1869, who hold the office as Governor
of Madras Presidency to connect the Fort St George with Marina or the Nawab
Palace. The bridge was constructed with steel with 6 spans. The bridge is
measured as 138 meters length and 9.75 meters wide. Many times the bridge was
struck by lightning and a India’s first lighting structure was constructed, which now stands
tall with out knowing its purpose.

The
river was very wide at the river mouth with High tides. The tides pushes the
sand towards the mouth was dredged regularly. We could see the change of colour
of the river water from brackish to blue.